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1996-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for Texas (District 15)

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Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Ruben Hinojosa
(D)
Tom Haughey
(R)
Rob Wofford
(Natural Law)
Other Margin TOTAL
Bee County4,77756.0%3,64442.7%1141.3%00.0%1,133 8,535
Brooks County2,89888.8%35710.9%90.3%00.0%2,541 3,264
DeWitt County1,88733.9%3,58664.5%871.6%00.0%-1,699 5,560
Goliad County1,13646.5%1,26751.8%411.7%00.0%-131 2,444
Hidalgo County55,53668.0%25,57731.3%5290.6%00.0%29,959 81,642
Jim Wells County (pt.)1,51147.3%1,60450.2%802.5%00.0%-93 3,195
Karnes County2,11351.3%1,95147.4%511.2%00.0%162 4,115
Kleberg County (pt.)3,20961.4%1,96137.5%591.1%00.0%1,248 5,229
Live Oak County1,30237.9%2,09761.1%331.0%00.0%-795 3,432
San Patricio County7,92649.0%7,97749.3%2881.8%00.0%-51 16,191
Willacy County (pt.)4,05281.3%89317.9%420.8%00.0%3,159 4,987
TOTAL 86,34762.3% 50,91436.7% 1,3331.0% 00.0% 35,433 138,594
Total R vote: 50,914 (36.7%)      Total D vote: 86,347 (62.3%)      Total Other vote: 1,333 (1.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $752,427 $39,345 $0
Total Receipts: $783,628 $40,264 $0
Cash on Hand: $33,198 $1,209 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $50,000 $1,080 $0
Loans by Candidate: $405,000 $6,000 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $187,573 $30,370 $0
Party Contributions: $0 $1,097 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $146,100 $500 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0 $0 $0
Net Spending: $752,427 $39,345 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/TX/15/1996

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Ruben Hinojosa
Total Disbursements: $752,427
Total Receipts: $783,628
Cash on Hand: $33,198
Candidate Contributions: $50,000
Candidate Loans: $405,000
Individual Contributions: $187,573
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $146,100
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $752,427



Tom Haughey
Total Disbursements: $39,345
Total Receipts: $40,264
Cash on Hand: $1,209
Candidate Contributions: $1,080
Candidate Loans: $6,000
Individual Contributions: $30,370
Party Contributions: $1,097
Other Committee Contributions: $500
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $39,345



**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/TX/15/1996


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Tom Haughey 7,697 69.0% $39,345
2   Jose Aliseda 3,453 31.0% $62,538
TOTAL VOTES 11,150    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Ruben Hinojosa 21,726 34.2% $752,427
2   Jim Selman 21,138 33.2% $396,778
3   Renato Cuellar 13,832 21.8% $82,288
4   Tony Dominguez 5,008 7.9%
5   Reynaldo Balli 1,877 3.0% $25,453
TOTAL VOTES 63,581    
Democrat Runoff
1   Ruben Hinojosa 24,940 52.0%  
2   Jim Selman 22,983 48.0%